Bryant Brabson

bryant@bryantbrabson.net

Application Development Leader | Healthcare & AppSec Platforms | Cloud-Native DevOps | Fluent in .NET (C#) and I speak a little Python | CI/CD | Docker | Linux

Summary

Seasoned IT and Application Development Director with over 20 years of experience leading teams, managing complex projects, and architecting enterprise-level solutions. Proven expertise in migrating legacy systems to modern technology stacks, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and establishing robust software development life cycles. Adept at driving efficiency, reducing costs, and mentoring technical teams to deliver high-quality, scalable applications.

Experience

Saltworks Security, Franklin, TN

January 2018 - November 2025

Director of Information Technology

Established configuration management (CM), continuous integration (CI), and deployment best practices for SaltMiner, Saltworks Security's Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) product.
Planned, performed, and directed internal and customer SaltMiner installations.
Tripled SaltMiner's deployment targets to include cloud, such as Microsoft Azure, and hybrid models, standardizing installations for key components like Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Fleet.
Designed a demonstration ecosystem that showcased integrations with tools like OpenText Fortify Software Security Center (SSC), Sonatype Lifecycle, and SonarQube using data from Jenkins security scans of popular OSS projects.
Architected and implemented containerized version of SaltMiner, maintaining backwards compatibility with legacy form factor and enhancing CM/CI capabilities with tools such as Azure DevOps Pipelines.
Spearheaded GitHub adoption by migrating source code, implementing Workflows, and setting up self-hosted containerized runners.
Provided coding support as needed with .NET, Python, and Bash and PowerShell scripting.
Member of consulting team (2018-2022) that established the application security (AppSec) program at Fiserv, a Fortune 500 company. Activities included:
- Rolled out tools such as SSC, OpenText Fortify on Demand, and Sonatype Lifecycle to Fiserv's global software development team.
- Conducted regular developer AppSec education sessions and code reviews to improve security practices.
- After AppSec program activation, led a hybrid team focused on Open Source Software (OSS) security, providing Sonatype Lifecycle server administration, integration with Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager and SSC, and developer guidance.

Censis Technologies, Franklin, TN

December 2014 - October 2017

Director of Application Development

Hired to lead one million+ dollar migration project of flagship product, Censitrac, to technologies including but not limited to ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API, AngularJS, and TypeScript while also maintaining backwards compatibility with legacy version and various interfaces. Legacy product continued to be supported during migration and releases delivered on time. Managed diverse team of seven local and remote developers, a technical writer, and four onshore consultants with indirect supervision of up to fifteen offshore resources.
Introduced Agile processes so that products were rapidly delivered and customer needs and feedback were promptly addressed. Established use of Atlassian issue and project tracking software.
Oversaw effort to implement best current software development practices using modern web development technologies. Initiated use of mature open source frameworks instead of homegrown tools unless no other alternative existed. Codified SDLC and Change Management processes. Grew development team by 25%. Supervised creation of technical writing department.
Set up and administered Jenkins continuous integration, Protractor automated testing, and QA environments hosted at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Developed software when needed, such as proofs of concept, in languages such as C# and F#. Responded to RFP's in support of sales team.

Brookdale Senior Living, Nashville, TN

June 2011 - December 2014

IT Healthcare Applications Manager

Provided the overall technology vision and leadership for the Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) custom development team. Improved business operations efficiency and effectiveness by optimizing the use of information technology.
Led development team responsible for developing and supporting .NET 4.0/4.5 applications, SQL Server 2008/2012 Reporting Services reports, extract, transform and load (ETL) processes, and healthcare systems integration.
Planned and managed projects, ensured HIPAA and Sarbannes-Oxley compliance, and mentored developers. Established best practice policies and procedures surrounding Agile software development lifecycle. Saved company over $400,000 by not backfilling positions vacated through termination or transfers.
Designed and developed software including but not limited to ASP.NET MVC web applications, Windows Services, and REST-based SOA applications. Acted as Team Foundation Server administrator.

TeamHealth, Knoxville, TN

April 2005 - June 2011

Enterprise Solutions Group Manager

Lead team composed of up to 13 developers charged with architecture and development of new Microsoft.NET applications as well as supporting legacy software systems for a $1.3 billion healthcare company. Instilled discipline where chaos reigned by establishing repeatable, standardized processes based on industry best practices. Reduced staff size while increasing productivity and improving quality.
Used iterative process to manage all phases of software development lifecycle. Established customer acceptance policies and tools based on Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS) 3.0 and Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 to track user acceptance testing progress and feedback.
Greatly improved deployment efficiency and reliability by constructing CruiseControl.NET / MSBuild continuous integration solution for Windows Forms and ASP.NET application code, SQL Server Reporting Services files and Oracle database objects.
Responsible for resource allocation, change management, audit reporting, server configuration, development and test environment setup, Team Foundation Server (TFS) version control administration, and production release engineering and logistics.
Developed new and supported existing C#-based .NET 1.1, 2.0, 3.5 SP1 and 4.0 ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET MVC, Windows Forms and WPF applications. Managed successful migration of line of business (LOB) application from Oracle forms to .NET 3.5 SP1 on schedule and $900,000.00 under budget.

Investment Scorecard, Nashville, TN

August 2004 - March 2005

Programmer Analyst

Converted existing ASP 3.0 user interface to ASP.NET, creating or updating SQL Server 2000 stored procedures where necessary.
Converted middle-tier data access components to Visual Basic.NET from Visual Basic 6.
Generated detailed technical specifications.

Kroll Inc., Nashville, TN

10/2002 to 7/2004

Senior Developer

Acted as project manager and lead developer for Global Academic Screening Service. This 4-tier solution, written exclusively in C#, used .NET remoting, ASP.NET, SQL Server 2000 and Windows Services to capture, transport and process business school applicant data for institutions such as Stanford, Yale, and University of California at Berkeley.
Lead developer for the Online Entry Application project. Phase 1 involved development of a dynamically generated ASP.NET website that allowed users to enter such data as address history, demographics, employment history, and educational background and then submit this information directly to Kroll Background Americaï¿½s (KBA) background screening system for verification. Phase 2 required development of a set of C# web services for the interchange of XML to allow seamless integration between customer Human Resource systems and the background screening service. With the completion of Phase 2, customers now had the option of sending their applicants to KBA to fill out applications or uploading already completed applicant data to KBA for verification. Both phases of the project involved used SQL Server 2000 as persistent data storage.
Developed, maintained, and extended the functionality of corporate internet and intranet websites and their associated content management tools using SQL Server 2000 full-text indexing and stored procedures, VB.NET, C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, ColdFusion versions 4.5 and 5, and JavaScript. Participated in migration effort away from ColdFusion applications to a .NET solution by redeveloping applications as well as offering technical expertise to other involved parties.
Designed and created client-server and Windows Service applications for Windows 2000 Server using Visual Basic 6 and .NET, C#, ADO.NET, and SQL Server 2000. These applications fulfilled corporate needs such as data aggregation, Active Directory maintenance, and email monitoring.
Acted as project manager and developer for the Kroll Reference Source (KRS) project. Managed software development, testing, and deployment by outside consulting firm and coordinated Interactive Voice Response (IVR) software development by XO Communications. Used ASP.NET, VB.NET and XML to develop a high-availability Web Service that functions as the interface between IVR software and the KRS SQL Server 2000 database. Also developed VB.NET/ SQL Server 2000/ RightFax Windows Service integration solution to automate the sending of faxes generated by the usage of the KRS IVR interface.

Tallent Communications, Brentwood, TN

12/2000 to 8/2002

Developer

Developed dynamic, database driven sites such as The Upper Room, MethodX, LeftBehind and ForeFront Records as well as browser-based content management and administration tools for these sites. Tools and technologies used included ASP, Flash, Visual Basic, JavaScript, SQL Server 2000, COM, and IIS 5.0.
Developed two high-availability systems to track user interactivity with Flash and other rich media online advertisements. Both of these projects used PHP and MySQL databases and were hosted on Red Hat Linux 7.2 platforms. Wrote shell scripts to automate disaster recovery, database backup, and version control.
Began migration of existing ASP 3.0 applications to ASP.NET.

Saint Thomas Hospital, Nashville, TN

3/1999 to 11/2000

Systems Analyst

Developed 3-tier, browser-based intranet applications using Java, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. These applications utilized legacy data stores such as a PeopleSoft DB2 database as well as Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5 and 7. These applications were distributed to users using NetDynamics version 4.x application server, Microsoft IIS 4 web server, and Windows NT 4.0 Server.
Built 3-tier, browser- based, transactional intranet applications using a combination of ASP, HTML, JavaScript, VBScript, CSS, and MTS. Created Java COM objects to centralize and store session data. Databases used were SQL Server 6.5 and 7. These applications were hosted and distributed from Windows NT 4.0 Server.
Created and supported client/server applications using Visual Basic 6. These applications were created in order to satisfy specific niche user needs that browser based technologies could not, such as aesthetically pleasing printed reports.

Laboratory Corporation of America, Nashville, TN

3/1998 to 2/1999

Programmer Analyst

Developed new and supported existing M ("MUMPS") applications running in AIX and OpenVMS environments.
Created new and maintained existing Electronic Data Interchange interfaces to AIX and OpenVMS platforms.

Envoy Corporation, Nashville, TN

5/1996- 3/1998

Business Analyst / Account Manager

As Business Analyst, beginning 10/1997

Performed system analysis of Electronic Data Interchange computer programs, written in COBOL and C, running in a mainframe MVS TSO environment.
Responsible for performing quality assurance system integration testing of programming changes.
Worked extensively with ANSI X12 transaction sets 837, 835, 271 versions 3030 through 3051, National Standard Format versions 1.04 and 2.0, as well as four proprietary formats.

As Account Manager, beginning 5/1996

Supported all aspects of healthcare Electronic Data Interchange operations in mainframe and personal computer environments.
Communication and problem resolution with customers nationwide, including healthcare providers, software vendors, insurance companies, and other data processing centers.
Resolved application problems by coordinating programming corrections through verbal instruction and written documentation.
Nationwide travel was required to build and maintain customer relationships.

Published Works

MaximumPC magazine, May 2004, How To Learn Visual Basic Programming
MaximumPC magazine, September 2004, Visual Basic Programming: Part Two

Education

University Of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Bachelor of Arts, Major in Political Science, Minor in Economics

3.0/4.0 GPA overall, 3.0/4.0 in major, both major and minor are part of the writing emphasis Liberal Arts curriculum.

Nashville State Technical Institute, Nashville, TN

August 1997

Classes taken:

Introduction to Electronic Data Processing
Computing Environments
Program Logic and Design
PASCAL
C Language Programming
C++ Programming
Visual Basic

Technical Skills

DevOps & CI/CD: Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub, MSBuild, Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Deployment (CD), Configuration Management (CM)
Security & AppSec: OpenText Fortify (SSC & Fortify on Demand), Sonatype Lifecycle, AppSec Program Management, Open Source Software (OSS) Security, HIPAA & Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance
Cloud & Infrastructure: Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Windows Server, Active Directory, IIS, Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Languages & Scripting: C#, .NET Framework, Python, Java, JavaScript, Bash, PowerShell, Visual Basic (.NET & 6), ASP, PHP, SQL, HTML, CSS, XML
Frameworks & Libraries: ASP.NET (MVC, Web API, Web Forms), AngularJS, TypeScript, Node.js, Jasmine, Karma, Protractor, xUnit, WPF, REST-based SOA
Databases: SQL Server, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Oracle
Tools & Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, SDLC, Change Management, Atlassian (Jira, Confluence), Team Foundation Server (TFS), Visual Studio, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), ETL

Technical Training

July 2004: passed exam 70-315 "Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET"
April 2004: passed exam 070-320 "Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework"
January 2003: Microsoft Course 2389B "Programming with Microsoft ADO.NET"
December 2002: Microsoft Course 2063C "Introduction to ASP.NET"
November 2002: Microsoft Course 2373B "Programming With Microsoft Visual Basic.NET"
October 2002: Microsoft Course 2559B "Introduction to Visual Basic.NET Programming With Microsoft.NET"
May 2000: Java Programming Fundamentals
March 2000: Microsoft Course 1017 "Mastering Web Application Development Using Microsoft Visual InterDev 6"
May 1999: Microsoft Course 833 "Implementing a database on Microsoft SQL Server 7.0"
June 1998: Technical Training Level 1 for Cloverleaf version 3.3.